18-Year-Old Indicted for Allegedly Stabbing Girlfriend, 16, to Death During an Argument Over a Call She Received

NEW YORK – Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg today announced the indictment of Zyaire Crumbley, 18, for the fatal December 11, 2022, stabbing of his girlfriend, Saniyah Lawrence, 16, in Central Harlem.

Crumbley is charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with Murder in the Second Degree and Robbery in the First Degree.

“Saniyah Lawrence’s young life was tragically cut short by this shocking crime allegedly committed by her boyfriend,” said District Attorney Bragg. “My thoughts are with Ms. Lawrence’s family and loved ones as they experience this unimaginable pain.”

According to the indictment and statements made on the record in court, at around 5:30 p.m. on the evening of December 11, 2022, Crumbley and Lawrence were at an acquaintance’s apartment when they got into an argument over a call Lawrence received. Crumbley attempted to leave the apartment with the victim’s phone. When Lawrence tried to take her phone back, Crumbley refused and told her, “get back or I’ll stab you.”

Crumbley and Lawrence struggled over the phone during the fight in the apartment before Crumbley stabbed the victim in the neck. He fled the apartment with the knife and her phone.

Lawrence was taken to Harlem Hospital by ambulance, where she was pronounced dead about one hour later due to the stab wound.

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